Canterbury, Your Place, Your Stories

The Army men patrol the streets
Protecting people as they sleep
The city in ruins all around
Buildings falling to the ground
Tons of rubble everywhere
Crushing cars and bodies what a nightmare
The ground beneath begins to shake
My eyes wide open another quake
My heart it flutters and skips a beat
Adrenalin rushing to my feet
For I must run beneath the door
Taking shelter as I did before
When will it stop they cannot tell
Our garden city has now become hell
Please someone pinch me and wake me up
I’m sure I am dreaming all this bad luck
At least my family is safe and well
For others this is a story they cannot tell.

Our Goal

The earthquakes that struck Canterbury in 2010 and 2011 are among the most significant events in New Zealand history. QuakeStories is a place to share your stories of these and other New Zealand quakes (Seddon, 2013; Kaikōura, 2016), how they affected you - wherever you live, the aftermath and the ongoing story of the rebuilding. It will become a record for future generations, one that will continue to grow long after the quakes stop being news.